Current Events > CE's Cats #12

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CanuckCowboy posted...

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His arm now.

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Archie is not thrilled with the sudden drop in temperature.

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Robbie Ellis sings I am a cat on his channel but I cannot give you a link without ads

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Think above link has no ads.

Lyrics
I am a cat.
I am a cat and I roam ze apartment all day.
Okay.
I roam ze apartment all day.
I am a cat.
I am a cat and I lie on my side in ze sun.
For fun.
I like to lie in ze sun.
I am a cat.
I am a cat and my mother will feed me ze food.
I like food.
I lie in ze sun and I roam ze apartment,
Drink water and eat food all day.
I am a cat.
I am a cat and from time to time I make a merde.
That's a word
That means 'merde'.
By now you've noticed I speak in an accent franais
Clich
Because French accents are associated with a disdainful demeanour
And existential ennui.
Je suis un chat.
Je suis un chat et tu ne comprends pas ce que je dis.
Mais oui.
HON HON HON you don't speak French.
I am a cat.
I was just roaming when Mother came home with a man.
Ugh, zis man.
She likes him but I never can.
I meet zis man.
He touches me and immediately I attack.
I fight back.
Now his right hand has a puncture wound
HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON
HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON.
I hate zis man.
Don't want to know him so I turn and show him my butt.
Yes, I raise my tail at him and give him a nice good view
And fart in his general direction.
Why's he still here?
Why's he still here on ze couch with his beer? It's not just.
So I must
Jump on his lap and claw his left thigh through his jeans
HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON
HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON.
One day zis man
One day zis man fills my bowl up with food...
Oh! He might prove useful.
I will tolerate him
And I'll try not to stab him in ze leg.
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Robert Thomas Ellis

The young black and white cat seems to be going unfed, so it's tried to integrate with these. That's ok, as it's actually super friendly and while a few aren't fond of it, there's no actual issue. I can even pick it up and other stuff.

However, it's pointed to a bigger issue. It's probably hungry, because it seems to be bullied by another black cat (or whoever TNR'd them stopped caring for them). From a distance it looks like Cinder, minus the white spot. It's ear tipped, but very aggressive and always chasing or trying to fight these even outnumbered 1 to 5+. It's clearly been fighting as its face is messed up, so I have a feeling they neutered it too late for it to avoid that aggression and it's most likely hungry.

Either way it's attempting to displace these and take over the territory, so every day gotta go out there and deter it. It's already got the younger ones missing meals in fear.

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Something's wrong with Nico. I took her to the vet today because she's not eating, and vomiting more than is normal for a cat.

They did a blood test but all that it came back with was a slightly below average white blood cell count.

Heartomaton posted...

Something's wrong with Nico. I took her to the vet today because she's not eating, and vomiting more than is normal for a cat.

They did a blood test but all that it came back with was a slightly below average white blood cell count.

Oh no! Did they have any suggestions of what it could be or what you can do?

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Either a problem with her liver or an intestinal blockage. They gave me some special food that I'm supposed to force feed her.

If anyone has any tips on force feeding a cat, I could really use some.

Heartomaton posted...

Something's wrong with Nico. I took her to the vet today because she's not eating, and vomiting more than is normal for a cat.

They did a blood test but all that it came back with was a slightly below average white blood cell count.

Im sorry to hear that. I hope shes going to be fine.

That reminds me though, as far as I can tell Onyx hasnt vomited at since we got him in May. It feels weird.

Thank you, all!

It is different not waking up and hearing him cry for food.

Wait, a sec! Who is this chap!

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Winston's ascot makes him look even more in command...

J03can posted...

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A refined boy.

I gave Archie a second portion of wet food last night and he didn't wake me up ungodly early this morning.

I think I'm being blackmailed by a cat.

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_Rinku_ posted...

I gave Archie a second portion of wet food last night and he didn't wake me up ungodly early this morning.

I think I'm being blackmailed by a cat.

Aren't we all :)

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Theo has a friend now. I adopted this kitten a little under a month ago. I haven't gotten an organic name to come to mind though.

WrestlinFan posted...

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Theo has a friend now. I adopted this kitten a little under a month ago. I haven't gotten an organic name to come to mind though.

How's Theo doing being a big brother? Looks like he's barely tolerating it :P

Ruvan22 posted...

How's Theo doing being a big brother? Looks like he's barely tolerating it :P

Very affectionate and patient with the kitten. The first week Theo was very territorial as you'd expect. By day eight though he was handing out baths and snuggles ha.

Meet Tiger!

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KFHEWUI posted...

Meet Tiger!

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Aww!! What's his story?

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she destroyed just enough of my blinds to make herself a little window

hasnt touched any of the other ones in the house

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she destroyed just enough of my blinds to make herself a little window

hasnt touched any of the other ones in the house

Archie did that with the blinds in my bedroom. I've got a stuffed animal sitting in the window so you can't see where it's broken. My apartment will charge me to replace the whole thing if they see that it's broken and I'm not going through a vicious cycle of paying $60 every time Archie destroys it.

They shaved a patch off her neck to draw blood.

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Duchess loves to lay on my lap. She runs to me the moment I sit down on my couch.
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*sighs*

Today was a tragic Thanksgiving here. Had to euthanize Jaxx.

He was fine, stayed around the yard, slept in a tree. At about 3 pm, two large dogs roughly labrador/boxer size from a nearby street came running through. He must have been on the front porch, but they chased him in some manner and cornered him against a fence, they hurt him bad. He had no external injuries, but clearly had internal damage that turned out to be fatal.

The people that own the dogs were seen driving around to find them, they were confronted, and the younger one pinned the fault on Jaxx for 'being a feral cat and attacking the dogs' when he actually hides from dogs/people and is a super cuddle bug to me.

He was only 14 months old, but I guess that's how it goes.

I should note this is the third time now those specific dogs have gotten loose and tried to get the cats, this time they were successful. I won't disclose, but there may be action taken as they've killed a nearby calico previously.

I gave each of the rest a good hug, except for Misty and Mystic.

Mirage and Sunnie were the most bonded ones with him, and seem to be waiting for him. Others are freaked out, as expected.

One of the quirks that was unique to Jaxx, was that I could literally just squat down and he'd come running over to lounge under me using my foot as a prop, like I was some sort of protector. Then he'd purr up a storm. He did that ever since he was about 2 months old, not sure why. Just some odd thing he'd do only to me, now I'm gonna miss it.

Second year in a row where ol Mocha has puked on Thanksgiving

Wonder if something I cooked upsets her stomach. She doesn't eat any of it of course but all I do is cook meat, mac and cheese, collard greens, and black eyed peas so it's nothing weird. Maybe because I cook it all at once????

Purple_Cheetah posted...

*sighs*

Today was a tragic Thanksgiving here. Had to euthanize Jaxx.

He was fine, stayed around the yard, slept in a tree. At about 3 pm, two large dogs roughly labrador/boxer size from a nearby street came running through. He must have been on the front porch, but they chased him in some manner and cornered him against a fence, they hurt him bad. He had no external injuries, but clearly had internal damage that turned out to be fatal.

The people that own the dogs were seen driving around to find them, they were confronted, and the younger one pinned the fault on Jaxx for 'being a feral cat and attacking the dogs' when he actually hides from dogs/people and is a super cuddle bug to me.

He was only 14 months old, but I guess that's how it goes.

I should note this is the third time now those specific dogs have gotten loose and tried to get the cats, this time they were successful. I won't disclose, but there may be action taken as they've killed a nearby calico previously.

I'm sorry to hear it. My deepest condolences :(

Purple_Cheetah posted...

*sighs*

Today was a tragic Thanksgiving here. Had to euthanize Jaxx.

He was fine, stayed around the yard, slept in a tree. At about 3 pm, two large dogs roughly labrador/boxer size from a nearby street came running through. He must have been on the front porch, but they chased him in some manner and cornered him against a fence, they hurt him bad. He had no external injuries, but clearly had internal damage that turned out to be fatal.

The people that own the dogs were seen driving around to find them, they were confronted, and the younger one pinned the fault on Jaxx for 'being a feral cat and attacking the dogs' when he actually hides from dogs/people and is a super cuddle bug to me.

He was only 14 months old, but I guess that's how it goes.

I should note this is the third time now those specific dogs have gotten loose and tried to get the cats, this time they were successful. I won't disclose, but there may be action taken as they've killed a nearby calico previously.

Im so sorry for your loss, yeah Id go to the authorities asap they need those dogs taken away from them, and also see what action can be taken against them for compensation.

Thanks.

Apparently the dogs come from an area with cats all over the place, but they come over here to kill these. Makes one wonder if they've gotten even more.

Pretty sure the only aggression Jaxx ever showed in 14 months was playful chewing on my shoes and standing up to Mystic to prevent his sisters from being randomly bullied.

The others are also already starting to notice his absence, since a few keep vocalizing for him to come and watching the direction he'd usually hang out.

It occured to me yesterday/earlier that I haven't really taken pictures of them for a bit, probably due to the weather/lighting and just general dealing with stuff.

So a few hours ago I took one of Jett when he was stationary enough with decent lighting. Jett and Jaxx were essentially twins, the differences being that Jaxx was a bit lighter colored, Jaxx had more stripe bias vs spot bias like Jett, and he not quite as fluffy/large, but came very close. I'll see if I can find a recentish image of Jaxx, but not sure. Should also add that Jett is currently the second largest and might even overtake Mystic in size.

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And since I still have it sitting here easily accessible. Here's a flashback to when they first emerged to begin eating solid food. Jaxx is the grey on the left, and the only way to tell them apart at this point is due to the faint light spot on the top left center of his head between his ears. It's difficult to see in this, but it's there and remained. The other two are Misty and Mirage, but idk which is which.

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You really need to contact authorities about those dogs imho. Cats alone is bad but if they are a danger to cats, it's possible they will attack people or children too

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And since I still have it sitting here easily accessible. Here's a flashback to when they first emerged to begin eating solid food. Jaxx is the grey on the left, and the only way to tell them apart at this point is due to the faint light spot on the top left center of his head between his ears. It's difficult to see in this, but it's there and remained. The other two are Misty and Mirage, but idk which is which.

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I'm really sorry for you and Jax, especially since you do so much for all the otherwise uncared for cats around you :(

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You really need to contact authorities about those dogs imho. Cats alone is bad but if they are a danger to cats, it's possible they will attack people or children too

We've already reached the same thought. Like I said, not really going to go into it until there's an actual outcome, so I just left it as 'may' to keep things slightly vague atm. I don't want to be the "put those dogs down" person, but the owners certainly need to be held responsible or authorities aware. Because they clearly can't control dogs with a prey drive that have killed at least twice.

They didn't finish the job with Jaxx, but they did about 85% of it, which is why we've already requested information from the clinic to support it.